31/12/2004	BRIEFS
	31/12/2004	World's largest ship propeller built in China (Sched Net)
	31/12/2004	Shandong seaports handle 300m tons of goods in 2004 (People's Daily)
	31/12/2004	Khristenko: China May Buy 20% of Yugansk (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	30/12/2004	Transportation giant formed in Chongqing (People's Daily)
	30/12/2004	BRIEFS
	30/12/2004	China to boost ports capacity (Business Day)
	30/12/2004	BOSCO to purchase 17 ships by next spring (Tehran Times)
	29/12/2004	BRIEFS
	29/12/2004	China's economy to grow slower in 2005 (People's Daily)
	29/12/2004	Move to improve Sabah port services (Business Times - Malaysia)
	28/12/2004	BRIEFS
	28/12/2004	Chennai, Tuticorin Ports struggle to get back on course (The Economic Times)
	28/12/2004	How tsunami has affected some companies in the region (The Star Online)
	28/12/2004	Ministry backs SCI sale but wants govt to keep 75% stake (The Economic Times)
	27/12/2004	Deadline to Offer Privatization Bid for Shipping Co. Prolonged (Civil.Ge)
	27/12/2004	BRIEFS
	24/12/2004	BRIEFS
	23/12/2004	AMP invites private participation in port 'megaproject' (Business News Americas)
	23/12/2004	Bruselas esperará a enero para pronunciarse sobre la privatización de Izar (Panorama Actual)
	23/12/2004	BRIEFS
	23/12/2004	Hutchison now sets its eye on ports in Gujarat (The Economic Times)
	23/12/2004	Dubai Drydocks bags Enoc tanker order (Khaleej Times)
	23/12/2004	Oil prices cause 28% hike in value of imports (The Japan Times Online)
	22/12/2004	BRIEFS
	22/12/2004	Govt to unveil policy for cruise shipping (The Hindu Business Line)
	22/12/2004	Shipbuilders ask steelmakers for stable supply (Japan Today)
	22/12/2004	Govt may export decommissioned ships (Daily Yomiuri On-Line)
	21/12/2004	Record cruise liner passengers forecast (timesofmalta.com)
	21/12/2004	BRIEFS
	21/12/2004	Saudis to seek investors for Red Sea-Gulf railway link (Khaleej Times)
	21/12/2004	Auction Leaves Yukos in Chaos (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	20/12/2004	BRIEFS
	20/12/2004	New Panama facility stirs interest (The Star Online)
	20/12/2004	Grupo Luksic ingresa al negocio portuario (MundoMaritimo)
	20/12/2004	Group gains control of ailing port facility (China Daily)
	20/12/2004	Port of Napier plans $20m berth expansion (STUFF)
	20/12/2004	IWAI to seek private investors' support to build 5 cargo terminals (Exim India)
	20/12/2004	HMM may face probe over accounting fraud (The Korea Times)
	17/12/2004	BRIEFS
	17/12/2004	Opec expects drop in demand for crude (Gulf Daily News)
	16/12/2004	Hyundai Merchant Marine Rigs Accounting Again (The Korea Times)
	16/12/2004	BRIEFS
	16/12/2004	Shipyard, safety assessor to be sued (TODAYonline)
	15/12/2004	The A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group has injected another DKK 400 million in ready capital to its airline holding (The Copenhagen Post)
	15/12/2004	Port buys equipment worth Sh100m (East African Standard)
	15/12/2004	Shipping register 'intact' as Malta fights hard in Brussels (The Malta Financial & Business Times)
	15/12/2004	BRIEFS
	15/12/2004	RP inks sister port pact with China (The Philippine Star)
	15/12/2004	'Shipping Cos extort void charges' (The News International, Pakistan)
	14/12/2004	BRIEFS
	13/12/2004	La Sepi y los sindicatos de Izar intensifican desde hoy sus contactos para cerrar un pacto (El Correo Digital)
	13/12/2004	EC directive on ports 'will deter investment' (telegraph.co.uk)
	13/12/2004	Salvors survey grounded Alaska ship (The Washington Times)
	13/12/2004	BRIEFS
	13/12/2004	New Terminal To Cost Rs670m In Karachi Port (paknews.com)
	13/12/2004	Maersk vs. trailer associations (Xinhua News Agency)
	13/12/2004	Smaller vessels more prone to pirate attacks (The Star Online)
	10/12/2004	BRIEFS
	10/12/2004	Shipping minister to help settle port workers dispute (The Economic Times)
	10/12/2004	Al-Qaeda could stage sea borne attack (The Hindustan Times)
	10/12/2004	Acquisition of mobile harbour cranes next on PPT's agenda (Exim India)
	09/12/2004	Six missing after USCG helicopter crash (Maritime Global Net)
	09/12/2004	BRIEFS
	09/12/2004	Gujarat ports want to be gateways to the North (The Economic Times)
	08/12/2004	HAL enters guily plea in sewage discharge case (Marine Log)
	07/12/2004	BRIEFS
	07/12/2004	Turkish firm signs 350-million dollar contract for Cairo airport terminal (TurkishPress.com)
	07/12/2004	Shipping firms line up to register for new tax regime (The Economic Times)
	06/12/2004	BRIEFS
	06/12/2004	Asean ports to expand links (The Star Online)
	06/12/2004	Opec in no hurry to cut quota (Khaleej Times)
	06/12/2004	Low-pressure system brings wacky weather to Tokyo area (The Japan Times Online)
	03/12/2004	BRIEFS
	02/12/2004	El Gobierno de Zapatero insiste en desmantelar Izar antes de finales de año (La Nueva España)
	02/12/2004	Transports Ministry Creates Maritime freight Bourse (AngolaPress)
	02/12/2004	Tierra del Fuego to finish Rio Grande port project forums (Business News Americas)
	02/12/2004	BRIEFS
	02/12/2004	Court: Port workers must attend classes (Ha'aretz)
	01/12/2004	Canada to close ports to Denmark over disputed shrimp: sources (Macleans.ca)
	01/12/2004	China Shipping to issue US$250m bond (China Daily)
	01/12/2004	BRIEFS
	01/12/2004	17 grandes aerolíneas sin alianza irán con Iberia a la nueva terminal (CincoDías.com)
	01/12/2004	Gazprom to Bid for Yuganskneftegaz (TheMoscowTimes.com)